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JamesCole comments on Note on Terminology: "Rationality", not "Rationalism" - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: JamesCole 19 January 2011 01:21:29PM *  0 points [-]

So, my suggestion is to use "rationality" consistently and to avoid using "rationalism". Via similarity to "scientist" and "physicist", "rationalist" doesn't seem to have the same problem. Discus

A while back I argued against using the term "rationalist".

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